PT-2010-1264 · Apple · Time Capsule+2

Kanai Akira + 4 · Published 2010-12-22 · Updated 2011-01-19 · CVE-2009-2189

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apple AirPort Express Base Station versions prior to 7.5.2 Apple AirPort Extreme Base Station versions prior to 7.5.2 Apple Time Capsule versions prior to 7.5.2

Description The issue concerns the ICMPv6 implementation, which does not limit the rate of Router Advertisement and Neighbor Discovery packets. This allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending many packets, resulting in resource consumption and device restart.

Recommendations For Apple AirPort Express Base Station versions prior to 7.5.2, update to firmware version 7.5.2 or later. For Apple AirPort Extreme Base Station versions prior to 7.5.2, update to firmware version 7.5.2 or later. For Apple Time Capsule versions prior to 7.5.2, update to firmware version 7.5.2 or later.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-2189

Affected Products

Airport Express Base Station

Airport Extreme Base Station

Time Capsule

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2189 · Security Note
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Dec/msg00001.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4298 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1024907 · Note